This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 11 (33 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Upanishadas were translated into Persian by A) Prince Shuja. B) Prince Murad. C) Prince Dara Shukoh. D) Prince Khusru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prince Dara Shukoh. 2. In Sangam age, the term '' Pillai" was used for which among the following? A) Farmers. B) Labours. C) Lenders. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Students. 3. What was the main responsibility of Mir Bakshi during the Mughal Era? A) All incomes and expenditures. B) Military department. C) Revenue department. D) Royal correspondence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Military department. 4. In the year 1528, Akbar took the momentous step of A) Banning Sati. B) Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi. C) Removing Jaziya. D) Forming an army of jackals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi. 5. Who among the following was the Sultan of Delhi, when the Mongols appeared for the first time in India's soil? A) Jalal-ud Din Firoz. B) Iltutmish. C) Razia. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iltutmish. 6. To whom had Mohammad Ghuri assigned the first Iqta in India? A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish. B) Nasiruddin Qubacha. C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. D) Tajuddin Yalduz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. 7. The Portuguese gained a stronghold in India after defeating the Zamorln of Calicut. The word Zamorin stands for A) Admiral. B) Sealord. C) Warlord. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sealord. 8. In his early days Shivaji moved with A) Jat leaders. B) Bhils. C) Mawali leaders. D) Santhals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mawali leaders. 9. In which among the following territories, Marco Polo had travels in the last decade of 13th century in India? A) Chola. B) Pandya. C) Madurai Sultanate. D) Cheras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pandya. 10. The designation 'amil' during Akbar's reign denoted a A) Postman. B) Revenue official. C) Retail trader. D) Policeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revenue official. 11. The first time in India that land was divided into different categories for the purpose of revenue, taking into account the quality of land and its productive capacity, was during the reign of A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Firuz Shah Tughluq. C) Sher Shah Suri. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sher Shah Suri. 12. The Administrative Council of Shivaji was known as, A) Ashtapradhan. B) Mantriparishad. C) Rajyaparishad. D) Parishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashtapradhan. 13. Which among the following was the most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya? A) Her sex. B) Her incompetence. C) Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi. D) Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact. 14. The Hindu painting was closely connected with pictorial art of the A) Artistic schools of the Far East. B) Buddhist priests. C) Jain monks. D) The Mughal school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhist priests. 15. Shivaji's Agra Adventure was planned by A) Shayista Khan. B) Jai Singh. C) Afzal Khan. D) Mir Jumla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jai Singh. 16. Which among the following place is the birth place of Humayun? A) Sasaram. B) Agra. C) Badakhashan. D) Kabul. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kabul. 17. Which among the following travelers has recorded his experiences in "Kitab-i-Rehla" ? A) Ibn Battuta. B) Amir Khusro. C) Malik Murtaza. D) Al-Bayhaqi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ibn Battuta. 18. The first Muslim ruler to introduce the system of price control was A) Balban. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. D) Jalaluddin Khalji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alauddin Khalji. 19. Which among the following was NOT a landmark of Alauddin Khilji's Reign? A) Introduction of Rationing system. B) Introduction of New Market regulation to provide essential commodities at reasonable rates. C) Introduction of Fixed price market by appointment of Diwan-I-Riyasat & Shahan-i-mandi. D) Creation of Agricultural department called Diwan-i-kohi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creation of Agricultural department called Diwan-i-kohi. 20. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi? A) Prohibition of child marriage. B) Remarriage of widows. C) Monogamy. D) Rejection of seclusion of women. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rejection of seclusion of women. 21. Sher Shah's mausoleum is at Sahaaaram in Blhar but he died at A) Kalanjar. B) Delhi. C) Chunar. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalanjar. 22. The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between A) Babar and Daulat Khan. B) Babar and Ibrahim Lodi. C) Babar and Alam Khan. D) Babar and Rana Sanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babar and Ibrahim Lodi. 23. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind? A) AI-Beruni. B) Firadausi. C) Abul Fazl. D) Abu Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AI-Beruni. 24. After the Call of Chittor, the city Which became the capital of Mewar was A) Merta. B) Kumbhalgarh. C) Mandalgarh. D) Udaipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Udaipur. 25. The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was a fight between Rajput and Mughal forces. Who led the Mughal forces? A) Jai Singh. B) Man Singh. C) Akbar. D) Khurram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 26. Shivaji started his public career at the age of A) 24. B) 21. C) 18. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 27. Who among the following was the first writer to use Urdu as a medium of poetic Expression? A) Faiz. B) Mirza Ghalib. C) Bahadur Shah Zafar. D) Amir Khusaru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amir Khusaru. 28. Who is known as the "Slave of a slave"? A) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak. B) Iltutmish. C) MUhammad-bin-Qasim. D) Mahmud of Ghazni. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iltutmish. 29. During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right. to trade in Mughal ports? A) Aurangzeb. B) Akbar. C) Shah Jahan. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 30. Who among the following was the author of "Jaisalmer ka Gundaraj" ? A) Hari Singh Burdak. B) Kesari Singh Barahath. C) Sagarmal Gopa. D) Arjun Singh Gurjar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagarmal Gopa. 31. There were jewelled steps leading to the Emperor's seat, in the Peacock Throne. A) Two. B) Six. C) Four. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 32. Which literary figure of the Gupta period is referred to as the Indian Shakespeare? A) Vishakhadatta. B) Harisena. C) Kalidasa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harisena. 33. Two marble masterpieces of the reign of Shah Jahan were A) Diwan-i-Khas and Musamman BuIj (Jasmine Palace at Agra). B) Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) and Taj Mahal (at Agra). C) Diwan-i-Aam and Shish Mahal (at Agra). D) Jami Masjid and Diwan-i-Khas (Shahjahanabad, Delhi). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) and Taj Mahal (at Agra). ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMediaval India Quiz 1Mediaval India Quiz 2Mediaval India Quiz 3Mediaval India Quiz 4Mediaval India Quiz 5Mediaval India Quiz 6Mediaval India Quiz 7Mediaval India Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books